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Utica Northridge

Redskins

Vikings

The Northridge (Johnstown, OH) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home conference match against Utica (OH) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Utica	25	25	24	25	3
Northridge	14	20	26	16	1

Final score provided by L. Ritzer.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Northridge (25-26)

Utica

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	49	12.3	33.6	146	11	.260
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	14	3.5	40.0	35	1	.371
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	7	1.8	35.0	20	3	.200
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	3	0.8	21.4	14	1	.143
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	4	2.0	33.3	12	1	.250
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	10	2.5	43.5	23	1	.391
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	11	2.8	28.9	38	4	.184

Northridge

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	48	12.0	29.3	164	23	.152
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	10	2.5	32.3	31	6	.129
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	1	0.3	50.0	2	0	.500
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	3	0.8	21.4	14	1	.143
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	5	1.3	29.4	17	2	.176
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	6	1.5	16.2	37	5	.027
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	7	1.8	21.2	33	8	-.030
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	16	4.0	57.1	28	1	.536

Utica

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	9	2.3	9.2	98	8	91.8	75
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	1	0.3	8.3	12	0	100.0	10
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	3	0.8	27.3	11	1	90.9	8
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	1	0.3	4.3	23	1	95.7	19
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	19	3	84.2	14
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	2	0.5	15.4	13	0	100.0	10
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	2	0.5	11.8	17	2	88.2	13
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	1
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Northridge

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	9	2.3	11.3	80	8	90.0	32
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	2
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	13	1	92.3	3
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	2	0.5	16.7	12	0	100.0	6
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	2	0.5	14.3	14	2	85.7	8
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	4	1.0	25.0	16	3	81.2	8
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	2
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	1	0.3	10.0	10	2	80.0	3

Utica

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	4	2	10	7	1.8	1
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	1	0	1	0.3	0
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	1	2	3	0.8	0
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	0	5	5	2.5	1
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	0	3	3	0.8	0

Northridge

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	3	3	0.8
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0	0.0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	3	3	0.8

Utica

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	4	83	1	20.8
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	9	0	2.3
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	33	0	8.3
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	5	0	2.5
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	8	0	2.0
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	4	0	1.0
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	2	0	0.5
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	13	0	3.3
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	3	0	0.8
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	1	1	0.3

Northridge

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	82	20.5
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	16	4.0
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	17	4.3
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	9	2.3
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0.0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	10	2.5
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	1	0.3
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	10	2.5
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	3	0.8
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	16	4.0

Utica

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	4	46	11.5	124
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	1	0.3	3
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	7	1.8	10
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	0	0.0	2
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	1	0.3	1
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	35	8.8	104
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	1	0.3	2
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	1	0.3	1

Northridge

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	4	43	10.8	155
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	3	0.8	6
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	0	0.0	7
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	2	0.5	4
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0.0	0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	15	3.8	55
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	0	0.0	3
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	23	5.8	66
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	0	0.0	3
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	0	0.0	11

Utica

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	42	27	10.5
1	Jessi Paxton (Jr)	4	4	3	1.0
2	Madison Yates (Sr)	4	19	13	4.8
3	Avery Rine (Sr)	2	3	4	1.5
4	Callie Baker (Sr)	4	9	3	2.3
8	Macie Ellis (Jr)	4	1	0	0.3
10	Megan Hartley (Jr)	2	3	3	1.5
12	Makena Wilson (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
14	Leigha Burnett (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
22	Penelope Karas (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
31	Allison Ritzer (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
33	H. Schroeder (Sr)	4	3	1	0.8
35	Emily Ritzer (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0

Northridge

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	82	9	20.5
1	Ruby Cermak (Sr)	4	17	1	4.3
2	Cate Wasem (Jr)	4	14	4	3.5
4	Maddie McCarthy (Sr)	4	10	2	2.5
6	Brinlee Keys (So)	1	0	0	0.0
7	J. Easterday (Sr)	4	11	1	2.8
12	J. Van Gundy (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
14	Abigail Sharpe (Jr)	4	2	0	0.5
17	Megan Odrumsky (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
22	McKenna Ellis (Jr)	4	28	1	7.0

Match Story

Ohio High School Volleyball - Utica over Northridge

August 21, 2025: Johnstown, OH 43031

Fans at Thursday's league contest between the Utica Redskins (Utica, OH) and the host Northridge Vikings (Johnstown, OH), saw Utica's volleyball squad notch a victory over Northridge by a score of 3-1.

With the win, Utica improves its record to 3-0 on the season. The Redskins travel to Crooksville (Crooksville, OH) to encounter the Ceramics in a non-league battle on Saturday, August 23. The Ceramics go into the battle with a record of 0-2. Crooksville lost 3-1 in their recent non-league battle against Fairfield Christian Academy (Lancaster, OH)

The Vikings now own a 1-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to West Muskingum for a non-league battle on Saturday, August 23. Northridge will battle a Tornadoes team coming off a 3-0 league loss to Morgan (McConnelsville, OH). The Tornadoes record now stands at 0-2.

Players of the Match

Utica (25-26)

Utica has not selected any Players of the Match.

Northridge (25-26)

Congratulations to #22 McKenna Ellis for being selected the Northridge Volleyball Player of the Match.

Utica @ Northridge Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Aug. 21, 2025 @ 7p

The Northridge (Johnstown, OH) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home conference match against Utica (OH) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Utica (25-26)

OH	Div.
118	18

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-5	13-3	11-3	8-2	.792	.812	58	24

Northridge (25-26)

OH	Div.
225	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
15-8	9-7	8-3	7-5	.652	.562	47	34

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Utica	24.2	23.0	23.4	24.5	13.0	2.4
Northridge	21.9	22.1	23.5	21.6	14.0	2.0

Head-to-Head

Utica won on 8/21/2025

8/21 @ 7p S1 S2 S3 S4 Wins

Utica 25 25 24 25 3
Northridge 14 20 26 16 1

The Utica (OH) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away conference match against Northridge (Johnstown, OH) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Utica won on 9/16/2025

9/16 @ 7p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Northridge 25 18 23 0
Utica 27 25 25 3

The Northridge (Johnstown, OH) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away conference match against Utica (OH) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

9/16 @ 7p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Northridge	25	18	23	0
Utica	27	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Utica		Northridge
904	Kills	875
117	Total Blocks	80
206	Serving Aces	215
1495	Digs	1258
835	Assists	819
860	Receptions	1270

Team Leaders

Utica		Northridge	National Avg.
#35 Emily Ritzer221	Kills	#22 McKenna Ellis249	53
#12 Makena Wilson47	Total Blocks	#1 Ruby Cermak36	11
#22 Penelope Karas35	Serving Aces	#14 Abigail Sharpe64	16
#2 Madison Yates349	Digs	#22 McKenna Ellis247	84
#14 Leigha Burnett669	Assists	#14 Abigail Sharpe405	50
#2 Madison Yates257	Receptions	#1 Ruby Cermak301	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Utica	14-5		Northridge	13-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/19/25	Watkins Memorial	Utica	(W) 3-1	9/18/25	Northridge	Watkins Memorial	(W) 3-0
8/23/25	John Glenn	Utica	(L) 2-0	8/23/25	Northridge	John Glenn	(W) 2-0
8/23/25	Utica	West Muskingum	(W) 2-0	8/23/25	Northridge	West Muskingum	(W) 2-0
8/26/25	Johnstown-Monroe	Utica	(W) 3-0	9/2/25	Northridge	Johnstown-Monroe	(W) 3-2
9/23/25	Utica	Johnstown-Monroe	(L) 3-2	10/6/25	Johnstown-Monroe	Northridge	(L) 3-2
10/21/25	Johnstown-Monroe	Utica	(L) 3-0
8/28/25	Utica	Granville	(W) 3-1	9/9/25	Granville	Northridge	(W) 3-1
9/2/25	Lakewood	Utica	(W) 3-0	9/11/25	Lakewood	Northridge	(W) 3-0
9/25/25	Utica	Lakewood	(W) 3-0	10/7/25	Northridge	Lakewood	(W) 3-0
9/4/25	Utica	Newark Catholic	(L) 3-0	8/26/25	Northridge	Newark Catholic	(L) 3-0
10/2/25	Newark Catholic	Utica	(L) 3-1	9/23/25	Newark Catholic	Northridge	(L) 3-0
9/9/25	Licking Heights	Utica	(W) 3-1	10/9/25	Northridge	Licking Heights	(L) 3-0
9/11/25	Utica	Heath	(W) 3-2	9/4/25	Heath	Northridge	(W) 3-2
10/7/25	Heath	Utica	(W) 3-0	10/11/25	Northridge	Heath	(L) 3-1
9/15/25	Centerburg	Utica	(W) 3-0	10/14/25	Centerburg	Northridge	(W) 3-2
9/18/25	Utica	Zanesville	(W) 3-0	9/30/25	Zanesville	Northridge	(W) 3-0
9/30/25	Mt. Vernon	Utica	(W) 3-1	8/28/25	Northridge	Mt. Vernon	(W) 3-2
10/9/25	Utica	Licking Valley	(W) 3-2	8/19/25	Licking Valley	Northridge	(W) 3-0
10/14/25	Amanda-Clearcreek	Utica	(W) 3-1	9/8/25	Amanda-Clearcreek	Northridge	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Utica (25-26)		Northridge (25-26)
19-5	Overall	15-8
13-3	League	9-7
3-0	Non-League	2-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
14-5	Common Opponent	13-5
11-3	Home	8-3
8-2	Away	7-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-0	Playoff	0-1
19-5	In-State	15-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0